Congress Always Relied on Lies: Ramchander Rao
Rao said there had been "a lot of hype" around Sonia Gandhi's memoir, but the publisher's request for fact-checking itself showed that the Congress had "always relied on lies and tried to create stories."
Hyderabad: Telangana BJP President N Ramchander Rao on Saturday targeted the Congress after Penguin Random House India backed out of publishing Congress Parliamentary Party chairperson Sonia Gandhi's memoir - Belonging: A Journey of Love, saying the publisher's decision to seek a fact-check of certain incidents raises questions over the claims made in the book.
Speaking to ANI, Rao said there had been "a lot of hype" around Sonia Gandhi's memoir, but the publisher's request for fact-checking itself showed that the Congress had "always relied on lies and tried to create stories."
"There has been a lot of hype around the memoir written by Sonia Gandhi. However, the publisher has now requested a fact-check of certain incidents, which itself shows that Congress has always relied on lies and tried to create stories. When an autobiography itself comes under scrutiny and requires fact-checking, the claims made by Congress leaders must definitely be questioned. The readers must also verify for themselves how many lies it contains," Rao said.
BJP National Spokesperson CR Kesavan, speaking in Chennai, also hit out at the Congress over its reaction to the memoir. "Congress leaders attempting to spin stories and fabricate a false narrative of fear over the release of Sonia Gandhi's memoir is not merely ironic; it is glaringly hypocritical," Kesavan said.
He questioned Congress leaders who were claiming that there was fear over the contents of the memoir, asking them to explain why the "Congress First Family" was allegedly "nervous and jittery" about making public 51 carton boxes containing correspondence of former Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru.
"These Congress leaders should tell their Congress First Family why the Congress First Family is so nervous and jittery that they are not making public the 51 carton boxes of Nehru's correspondence, which also contain Nehru's letters to Edwin Montagu," he said.
